Relation to the films

The sea shanty was sung, as the opening lines, by a young Elizabeth Swann at the very beginning of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, who then later taught it to Jack Sparrow when they were marooned together. He remarked that he would later teach it to his crew who would sing it "all the time", a reference to the never-ending actions of the Audio Animatronics of the attraction. Sparrow finally hums a part of the song as part of his final lines in The Curse of the Black Pearl, as well as muttering the song to himself at the end of At World's End. In the At World's End post-credits scene, Young Will Turner sings a refrain before the green flash signaled his father's return. In On Stranger Tides, Jack tells Joshamee Gibbs "it's a pirate's life for me" as the film's final line.

The song also appears in Chapter One of Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm, sung by the patrons of the Faithful Bride. In Revenge of the Pirates!, the first three lines of final stanza was sung by the crew of the Black Pearl. The musical track "Drink Up Me Hearties" takes its title from the song.

The song has been used as part of the theatrical trailers for all three films. It also appears on Disney's Greatest Hits Volume 3‎ and A Musical History of Disneyland.

Lyrics

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle and even highjack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char and in flame and ignite.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

2007 - A few bars of the song are sung again near the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. A few bars are also sung after the credits by the son of Elizabeth. The instrumentals and dialogue from the attraction are heard as well in the fade to black after the descent off World's End.

[Present] - NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a pirate ship in the north endzone of Raymond James Stadium. During football games they will play the song over the loudspeakers and jumbotron, (courtesy of Disney), at which time patrons on the ship throw beads and other prizes into the crowd.

2011 - Brian Wilson covered it in a medley on his album In the Key of Disney, which was released on October 25, 2011.

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